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to the fatwa one of the things that fascinated was the description of your early years in india and educated in england. you present yourself as a secular muslim. but one trying to understand the relion and your rol in it. >> i mean i grew up in a family in which there was very little religion. my father wasn't religious at all. but he was really interested in the subject of, you know, the birth and growth of islam. he basically transmitted that interest to me. so when i studied history at cambridge, i did a special subject in that exactly. while i was studying it was where i came across the so-called incident of the satanic verses. >> brown: you say in the book youoted good story. >> 20 years later i find out how good a story it was. >> brown: you wrote when you finished the satanic verses you thought it was the least political of the novels you had written at the time. you were genuinely surprised at what had happened. >> i thought i was very respectful about islam. yes from a secular point of view but it talks about the birth of this religion and i thought it was pretty admiring of the pe
to the fatwa one of the things that fascinated was the description of your early years in india and educated in england. you present yourself as a secular muslim. but one trying to understand the relion and your rol in it. >> i mean i grew up in a family in which there was very little religion. my father wasn't religious at all. but he was really interested in the subject of, you know, the birth and growth of islam. he basically transmitted that interest to me. so when i studied history...
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the teenager had advocated education for girls, and was attacked as she left her school on tuesday. elsewhere in pakistan, officials said a u.s. drone strike killed ten militants near a village in the northwest tribal region. at least 15 others were wounded. a masked gunman in yemen has assassinated a yemeni security official working at the u.s. embassy there. the drive-by shooting happened near the man's home in the capital city sanaa as he headed to work. officials said the attack bore the hallmarks of al qaeda. the victim worked for the embassy for 11 years. yemeni officials said he was investigating a recent assault on the compound. but the u.s. state department said that was not the case. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: a diplomatic row between russia and turkey has erupted over the grounding of a plane in turkish airspace. margaret warner reports. >> warner: turkish military jets forced the syrian passenger plane to land last night at ankara, after it entered turkish airspace enroute from moscow to damascus today, turkish prime minister
the teenager had advocated education for girls, and was attacked as she left her school on tuesday. elsewhere in pakistan, officials said a u.s. drone strike killed ten militants near a village in the northwest tribal region. at least 15 others were wounded. a masked gunman in yemen has assassinated a yemeni security official working at the u.s. embassy there. the drive-by shooting happened near the man's home in the capital city sanaa as he headed to work. officials said the attack bore the...
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they have gotten really good academic education, bought they have also really gotten spectacular education in living with the folks who are the real virginia today. we are increasingly diverse state and that's an important part of education. so i would hope that what the supreme court would do in this case would be that they would affirm that it is okay for a public institution, whether it's a government body handing out contracts or a student -- college admitting students, that it's okay for them to try to make sure that their student body looks like the state looks like. they should use factors other than race, certainly. economic disadvantage, are you the first in your family to go to college, but if you see institutions, public institutions where the numbers of students look dramatically different than the state population, i think it's an indication of challenge and a problem that we have to try to solve, so i strongly believe that the diversity of our commonwealth is a strength, the diversity of our nation as strength, and we ought to see diversity in our public bodies. >> mr. allen.
they have gotten really good academic education, bought they have also really gotten spectacular education in living with the folks who are the real virginia today. we are increasingly diverse state and that's an important part of education. so i would hope that what the supreme court would do in this case would be that they would affirm that it is okay for a public institution, whether it's a government body handing out contracts or a student -- college admitting students, that it's okay for...
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they have got a great academic education and a spectacular education that comes from the folks living in the real virginia today. i would hope that what the supreme court would do in this case, and they would affirm that it is ok for a public institution, whether it is a government handing out contracts were college admitting students, that it is ok for them to try to make sure that their student body looks like the state. if at all possible, they should use factors other than race. economic disadvantage, are you the first time in your family? if you see public institutions where the birds the students look dramatically different from the state's population, it is an indication of challenge and a problem that we have to try to solve. i strongly believe in the diversity of our commonwealth as being a strength and we should see diversity in our public institutions. >> i am in some agreement with what jim said. i am in favor of affirmative recruitment and i think, everyone regardless of background should have equal opportunity, we would not want to deny equal opportunity regardless of wa
they have got a great academic education and a spectacular education that comes from the folks living in the real virginia today. i would hope that what the supreme court would do in this case, and they would affirm that it is ok for a public institution, whether it is a government handing out contracts were college admitting students, that it is ok for them to try to make sure that their student body looks like the state. if at all possible, they should use factors other than race. economic...
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they've gotten really good academic education but they've also really gotten spectacular education in living with the folks who are the real virginia today. we're increasingly diverse state and that's an important part of medication. i would hope what the supreme court would do in this case would be they would affirm that it is ok for a public institution, whether it's government body handing out contracts or student or college admitting students, that it's ok for them to try to make sure that their student body looks like the state looks. they should if at all practical use factors on race and economic disadvantage, are you the first in your family to go to college? but if you see public institutions where the numbers of students dramatically different then the state population, i think it's an indication of challenge and problem that we have to try to solve. i strongly believe the diversity of our commonwealth is the strength, diversity of our nation is a strength and we ought to see diversity in our public bodies. >> mr. allen? >> i'm in some agreement with tim's expressions. i'm s
they've gotten really good academic education but they've also really gotten spectacular education in living with the folks who are the real virginia today. we're increasingly diverse state and that's an important part of medication. i would hope what the supreme court would do in this case would be they would affirm that it is ok for a public institution, whether it's government body handing out contracts or student or college admitting students, that it's ok for them to try to make sure that...
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but if take you away early childhood education... slash k-12 funding... and cut college egd for middle class families ... they won't g go far. yet that's exactly whahat mitt romney wants to do... ...to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires. if mitt romney wins, the middle class loses. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. save up to 15% on an ikea kitchen. >>> that's coming up thursday. we're back, now, with more on ben affleck's new movie "argo." it goes after to plot hostages in iran. a couple of honchos, played by our next guests, john goodman and alan arkin. >> how about "the horses of achilles"? >> nobody does westerns anymore. >> it's ancient troy. you have horses in it, it's a western. >> kenny, please? it's john chambers about the office space. it doesn't matter. it's a fake movie. >> if i'm doing a fake movie, it's going to be a fake hit. >> is a 006 on the open list? >> women gather offering ecstatic libations to the sky god. "argo" sci
but if take you away early childhood education... slash k-12 funding... and cut college egd for middle class families ... they won't g go far. yet that's exactly whahat mitt romney wants to do... ...to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires. if mitt romney wins, the middle class loses. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. save up to 15% on an ikea kitchen. >>> that's coming up...
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in fact, by thinking about where you want your education to lead, while you're still in school, you might find the best route leads somewhere you weren't even looking. let's get to work. >>> here's "the play of the day." >> transacting business here on the couch. >> i want to get a commission. >> take a look at this. a high school cheerleader flipping her way into the guinness book. 16-year-old miranda ferguson from texas. she did it last year. 32 hand springs in a row. >> wow. >> no way. >> oh, yeah. could she get to 32? yeah, she can get to 32. oh, yeah, she can. 35. >> wow. >> 35 hand springs. >> later in the show, josh is going to try. >> i'm coming for you, guinness book. >>> coming up, i hear rob lowe is here to take over times square. he's our guest co-host today. and he brought a little friend. >> oh, look at that. >> i can't wait. >> we have penguins. >> that's a cute penguin. and we're filling. [ female announcer ] think a thick cream is the only way to firm skin? challenge the need for such heavy measures with olay. regenerist micro-sculpting serum for firmer skin in 5 days. pr
in fact, by thinking about where you want your education to lead, while you're still in school, you might find the best route leads somewhere you weren't even looking. let's get to work. >>> here's "the play of the day." >> transacting business here on the couch. >> i want to get a commission. >> take a look at this. a high school cheerleader flipping her way into the guinness book. 16-year-old miranda ferguson from texas. she did it last year. 32 hand...